Office of Emergency Management

In the United States, an Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is an agency at the local, state or national level that holds responsibility of comprehensively planning for and responding to all manner of disasters, whether man-made or natural. An OEM may also be requested to provide consequence management for large special events such as major gatherings, visiting dignitaries et al.

“The office of the prince and that of the writer are defined and assigned as follows: the nobleman gives rank to the written work, the writer provides food for the prince.”—Franz Grillparzer (17911872)

“No officer should be required or permitted to take part in the management of political organizations, caucuses, conventions, or election campaigns. Their right to vote and to express their views on public questions, either orally or through the press, is not denied, provided it does not interfere with the discharge of their official duties. No assessment for political purposes on officers or subordinates should be allowed.”—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (18221893)

“No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.”—Theodore Roosevelt (18581919)

“In this country, you never pull the emergency brake, even when there is an emergency. It is imperative that the trains run on schedule.”—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (19211990)